Barbara Andrews
Biographic Data
| ID | 4493421 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Andrews |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Andrews |
| SIGNATURE | ANDREWS B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Computing Myths, Class Realities
This study of computing in an economically transforming city in the north of England looks at how new information technologies effect and are affected by a historically vibrant working-class culture. Stressing the complex interplay between technology and culture, especially notions about work and labor, the authors examine how this dynamic is manifest in computer-related jobs, in social relationships, and in the reproduction of local culture. The…
Beyond Capital
The financial/social cataclysm beginning in 2007 ended notions of a “great moderation” and the view that capitalism had overcome its systemic tendencies to crisis. The subsequent failure of contemporary social formations to address the causes of the crisis gives renewed impetus to better analysis in aid of the search for a better future. This book contributes to this search by reviving a broad discussion of what we humans might want a post-capita…
Beyond Capital
Computing Myths, Class Realities
Part 1 Studying computerization: why study computerization? studying computing ethnographically in South Yorkshire the methods used to study computing in Sheffield. Part 2 Describing computerization: computerization of work computing and jobs computerization and the reproduction of symbols. Part 3 Analyzing computing structurally: theorizing computerization the national State and computerization Sheffield computerization and world political econo…
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Computing Myths, Class Realities
Part 1 Studying computerization: why study computerization? studying computing ethnographically in South Yorkshire the methods used to study computing in Sheffield. Part 2 Describing computerization: computerization of work computing and jobs computerization and the reproduction of symbols. Part 3 Analyzing computing structurally: theorizing computerization the national State and computerization Sheffield computerization and world political econo…
Beyond Capital
The financial/social cataclysm beginning in 2007 ended notions of a “great moderation” and the view that capitalism had overcome its systemic tendencies to crisis. The subsequent failure of contemporary social formations to address the causes of the crisis gives renewed impetus to better analysis in aid of the search for a better future. This book contributes to this search by reviving a broad discussion of what we humans might want a post-capita…
Beyond Capital
Computing Myths, Class Realities
This study of computing in an economically transforming city in the north of England looks at how new information technologies effect and are affected by a historically vibrant working-class culture. Stressing the complex interplay between technology and culture, especially notions about work and labor, the authors examine how this dynamic is manifest in computer-related jobs, in social relationships, and in the reproduction of local culture. The…
Computers (3 works) · Ordinateurs (3 works) · Social aspects (3 works) · Social aspects (3 works) · Technology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Business & Economics (2 works) · civilization (2 works) · Civilization (2 works)